Better Place Forests by OpenScope Studio

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OpenScope Studio：项目始于加州Point Arena树木繁茂的山顶之上，俯瞰下方草地。在受保护的森林里，逝者家属可以把亲属的骨灰撒在已标记树木的周围，一代又一代地延续下去。这个诗意的概念将仪式、追悼和森林保护合为一体，它的实现看似简单却涉及广泛，包括一个大型的设计和技术专家团队。该项目为未来的其他墓地的建设建立了一个框架，使每个场地都能有自己的特质。

OpenScope Studio：Located on the crest of a wooded rise, framing a view towards the meadow below, the visitor center for Better Place Forests in Point Arena, California marks the threshold of the visitors’ journey into the forest’s memorial groves. Better Places Forests offers a sustainable alternative to cemeteries. Within these protected forests, families choose trees to mark the place where they’ll spread their loved ones’ ashes over generations. The concept has simple poetry—merging ritual, memorial, and forest conservation—yet its realization involved a large team of design and technical specialists, led by Fletcher Studio, landscape architects. Located on a 40-acre stretch of the Mendocino Coast, Better Place Forests’ Point Arena location establishes a framework for future sites, each with its own unique qualities.

▽总平面图 Master Plan

体验中心的大部分建筑都是以其周围土地为中心，而非它的建造元素。场地和建筑轻柔地勾勒出一系列事件——到访、定位、纪念、沉淀和释放。入口处一条小道向下进入场地，到达游客中心，这座奇特的建筑坐落在山顶上，划分了公共和私人空间。

The design of the experience centers to a greater extent around the surrounding land than its constructed elements. The site and architecture gently frame a sequence of events—arrival, orientation, memory, threshold, and release. An entry road descends into the site and arrives at the visitor center. Sited at the crest of a hill, this singular building is a place of orientation on the threshold between public and private.

游客中心是这片20英亩土地上唯一的建筑，包括两个小会议室，一个洗手间和一个员工休息室。带有顶棚的平台可供人们聚集，在此可以看到森林和草地的全景。

The visitor center—the only building on the 20-acre site—contains two small meeting rooms, a restroom, and a staff room. The covered deck provides opportunities for small groups to gather for informal ceremonies while the overlook offers visitors a panoramic view of the forest and the meadow beyond.

▽游客中心平面图 Plan of the visitor center

设计的目标是在森林的边缘创造一个明确的界限，建筑位于山坡上的桥墩上，通道将游客从地面直接带到树冠高度上。折叠屋顶略突出于平台，提供了荫蔽并可以保护甲板，而红杉鳍则为会议室创造了隐蔽的环境。

The goal of the design is to create a definitive threshold—to make explicit the transition, literal and figurative, at the edge of the forest. The building is set above the hillside on piers, and the pathway that divides the structure brings the visitor from the ground directly up into the tree canopy. The folded roof pulls past the floor plate, providing deep overhangs to shade and protect the deck while the redwood fins provide privacy in the meeting rooms.

▽游客中心平面图 Pla

在不断变化的森林中，游客中心的物质感传达出一种令人心安的永恒——它在并将永远在这个地点。宽厚的、折叠的耐候钢屋顶保护着建筑并为其遮阳。耐候钢还有当地的红木平台和壁板都会自然风化。精心设计的红木壁板能够遮蔽玻璃会议室，同时捕捉到外部的景色。

Within the ever-changing forest, the materiality of the visitors center conveys a reassuring sense of permanence — that it always has and always will sit on this site. The decking, exterior siding, and ceiling at the ‘interior’ surfaces are redwood that was harvested, dried, and milled locally. A deep, folded Corten steel roof shades and protects the building. The Corten will weather naturally, along with the locally harvested and milled redwood decking and siding. Carefully oriented redwood fins screen the glass-enclosed meeting rooms while capturing views outward.

一条混凝土铺路通向并穿过游客中心，最终到达一个可以俯瞰草地和远处森林的平台。门框勾勒出大自然的轮廓，人们进入其中就像走进了一幅风景画里。草地上的纪念空间由另一个工作室设计，一系列预制混凝土长凳上刻有成员的名字，地面图案的组合让人联想到树木的年轮。

A pathway of concrete pavers leads to and through the visitors center, culminating at a covered deck overlooking a meadow and the forest beyond. This portal frames nature, literally; as one approaches the forest comes into view. Nested into the meadow is a memorial created by design studio Matsys, a series of cast-concrete benches, inscribed with the names of family members and placed to recall the rings of a tree.

古老的“滑道”一路经过入口、游客中心和纪念森林，最初是为伐木而建的，现在是穿过森林的主要路线，另外还有支路进入更隐蔽的空间。在森林保护人员和当地步道建设者的指导下，这个步道系统随着地形而上，最终会到达一个可以看到大海和地平线的小丘。

Moving through the threshold, visitors enter the memorial forests. The old ‘skid’ roads, originally established for logging, define the main routes through the forest, while tributary trails branch off into more secluded spaces. This network of trails and openings flows with the land, guided by the knowledge of conservators and local trail builders, and eventually rises to a knoll with views to the sea and horizon.

从景观、建筑、导向标识到纪念性标记，每个细节都体现了一种安静和虔诚的氛围。虽然每一个客户的森林墓地都将具有个性化的特征，但它们之间永远不变的是对卓越景观环境的保护和尊重，以及对选择这片森林作为他们最终安息地之人的尊重。

Every detail from the landscape and architecture to the signage and memorial markers works to establish a quiet and reverent human presence. While each Better Place Forest will have a unique character, the underpinning vision will remain: to honor the transcendent beauty of the landscape and ultimately the people who choose this forest as their final resting place.

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项目名称：Better Place Forests
完成时间：2019年
面积：850平方英尺
项目地点：美国加州，Point Arena
建筑公司：OpenScope Studio
室内设计：OpenScope Studio
景观建筑：Fletcher Studio
纪念设计：Matsys
结构工程师：Dolmen Consulting Engineers
总承包商：Empire Contracting, Inc.
网站：https://openscopestudio.com/
联系电子邮箱：admin@openscopestudio.com
首席建筑师：Mark Hogan (OpenScope Studio), Ian Dunn (OpenScope Studio), + David Fletcher (Fletcher Studio)
客户：Better Place Forests
图片来源：Hewitt Photography
摄影师网站：https://hewittphotography.mypixieset.com/

Project name: Better Place Forests
Completion Year: 2019
Size: 850 square feet
Project location: Point Arena, CA
Architect: OpenScope Studio
In collaboration with Fletcher Studio
Interior Designer: OpenScope Studio
Landscape Architect: Fletcher Studio
Memorial Design: Matsys
Structural Engineer: Dolmen Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: Empire Contracting, Inc.
Website: https://openscopestudio.com/
Contact e-mail: admin@openscopestudio.com
Lead Architects: Mark Hogan (OpenScope Studio), Ian Dunn (OpenScope Studio), + David Fletcher (Fletcher Studio)
Clients: Better Place Forests
Photo credits: Hewitt Photography
Photographer’s website: https://hewittphotography.mypixieset.com/